Irene Ward

The Baroness Ward of North Tyneside
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
23 January 1975 – 26 April 1980
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Tynemouth
In office
23 February 1950 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byGrace Colman
Succeeded byNeville Trotter
Member of Parliament
for Wallsend
In office
27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945
Preceded byMargaret Bondfield
Succeeded byJohn McKay
Personal details
Born(1895-02-23)23 February 1895
Died26 April 1980(1980-04-26) (aged 85)
Political partyConservative

Irene Mary Bewick Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside, CH, DBE (23 February 1895 – 26 April 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician. She was a long-serving female Member of Parliament (MP), the longest serving female Conservative MP in history. She later became a life peeress in the House of Lords, and had served a total of 43 years in Parliament.


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